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Thank you for visiting the Ravenwood Festival page! Ravenwood Festival is the first of its kind in the Central United States. Featuring musicians, DJs and other preformers from all over the US to the beautiful Ozark Mountains of North West Arkansas, we provide entertainment previously unseen in the region. The theme this year is Neo-Victorian Cabaret. We have a few big names in both our Bands and DJ lineups, as well as some Special Appearance Cameos by some interesting folk. We have an awesome Venue, and pre-registration Tickets are already available. Use the Link Bar above for more information! Presale tickets are SOLD OUT! Tickets will be available at the door. Submissions for performing acts are now closed, and the line up is posted here and on the festival MySpace. If you're a MySpace member, Subscribe to the Festival Blog!!! |
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Abney Park comes from an era that never was, but one that we wish had been. An era where airships waged war in the skies, and corsets and cummerbunds were proper adventuring attire. They have picked up their bad musical habits, scoundrelous musicians, and anachronistically hybridized instruments from dozens of locations and eras that they have visited in their travels and thrown them into one riotous dervish of a performance. Expect clockwork guitars, belly dancers, flintlock bassists, middleastern percussion, violent violin, and Tesla powered keyboards blazing in a post- apocalyptic, swashbuckling, Steampunk musical mayhem. |
| The band features: Robert "Dread Captain Robert" Brown - Songs, Lead Vocals, Darbuka, Piloting Kristina "Angel" Erickson - Keyboards, Vocals, Navigation, Accounting, Skepticism Daniel "It Was Supposed To Explode" C - Bass, Gadgets, Gizmos, Flintlocks, and Fire Extinguishers Finn Von Claret - Writhing and Wailing Nathaniel "Two Sheds" Johnstone - Guitar, Violin, Stockroom, Doling Out the Shots (Drinkable and Otherwise). For more information, visit their official website: www. abneypark.com | |
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Asheville, North Carolina's Hellblinki Sextet can be an everchanging, rotating cast of characters, often including violin, cello, horns of various shapes and sizes, male and female vocals, all manner of percussion, and, of course, the drunken and deamonic howls of the audience... but at this moment in time Hellblinki is manifest as a three piece, Andrew (Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Accordion), Valerie (Vocals, Glockenspiel, Melodica, Accordion, assorted knick nacks and devices), and Brad (Bass, Percussion, Accordion), or sometimes Rodney (bass of all varieties)... You can find their MySpace here. |
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Spider Lilies is a musical electro goth rock project led by Stacey Campbell, former guitarist/backup vocalist of the Cruxshadows. The Spider Lilies began in 1999, and after touring the U.S, Europe and Scandinavia extensively with the Cruxshadows, Stacey got back to the Spider Lilies project in 2003. Many important contributions have been made to the project by various talented artists. Dawn Perego gave special production support for the first two releases, a 3-song Limited Edition EP, in August 2005, and the full-length album "In the Light," released in 2006. Also in 2006, William Smith joined the Spider Lilies as lead guitarist and co-writer, followed by Kevin Smith who performed as the live keyboardist until 2009. Most recently, Connor Clay joined Spider Lilies as keyboardist. The Spider Lilies have toured throughout the eastern and central part of the United States, and have gained international recognition for their music, which is a blend of rock, darkwave, electro, and goth, featuring female vocals, guitar, electronic rhythms and samples. The band is currently recording songs for their next full-length CD to be released in Fall 2009, and expect many exciting things coming up for the rest of 2009! You can also catch them on Facebook. |
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Tribal Motion Belly Dance: Bellydancers with a flare for the dramatic! This Benton based tribal fusion troupe infuses their sets with elaborate costuming, innovative music choices, and emotive dancer interactions to create a unique dance-story. When not producing their own complex and strange belly-ballets you can find them performing regularly at restaurants as well as charitable, and artistic events throughout Central Arkansas. If you've see bellydancers in Arkansas and thought "I didn't know they could do that!" you were probably watching Tribal Motion. |
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Legendary Los Angeles Deathrock veterans ExVoto have just released their latest effort ANTIOCH following the widely acclaimed DOLOROSO of 2007. This makes their fourth full length CD to date (Not counting their numerous Cleopatra Records releases). With a history that takes them back to the early 80's and full circle in the tags they have been given over the years - from Post Punk to Deathrock, Gothic, Gothic rock, Darkwave and back to Deathrock; call them what you like, but the one thing that remains is that they're a blend of high energy music that combines guitars, keyboards and drum machine in an up-beat frenzy of energy that is sure to please those with ears to hear. You would be sadly mistaken to expect two guys in shorts and tee shirts standing in a cloud of fog onstage pressing buttons. When they play live be ready for the place to come alive! Larry Rainwater handles the duty of the low hummer and vocals so low you feel them in your feet, Spleen punishes the ivories and hypnotizes the audience with looks that could kill and a voice to match, Patrick Midnite keeps the rock pumping from the guitars with his blast first style, sure to wear you out just watching him go. All in all it's a great time for everyone ... that is, if you enjoy being moved by the music. |
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Combining their efforts throughout 2008, EsperMachine has successfully accumulated an impressive listing of clubs they have performed in, their debut album, a nationwide fan base, positive press and a defining place amongst other professional artists in the EBM/synthpop/gothic genre. Espermachine is currently working out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, writing and preparing for their second album release and another tour this summer! On the recordings, Espermachine is James Esper. Live, add XIII and/or DJ Morbid Kitty on synthesizer |
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A Ravenwood Favorite, and our DJ coordinator, DJ AnnabelEvil joins us from the city of New York. Her styles mainly include Synthpop, Futurepop, Noise, & Electronic. Annabel started spinning in April 2001 in Kansas City. After some stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania, she moved to CT for two years, and made her way to New Jersy/NYC in Aug 2008. She DJs at Evilution in NYC, and works for Vampirefreaks.com - spinning shows and parties, as well as running the online store and working in their brick and mortar store in NYC. DJing is one of the most important things in her life. According to Annabel, it's the people on the floor that do it. To be able to make them move gives her a feeling like no other. Annabel also guest DJs at Tulsa's Assimilation and Fayetteville's Neo Victorian dance nights. |
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Over the past 8 years DJ Bone!! Bone!! has made a name for himself in the midwest, east coast and is spreading his unique style across the rest of the country. Driving the dance floor with his signature style of powernoise, synthpop, gabber, industrial, hip hop, drum n' bass and whatever else he feels like throwing out, the experience is never the same but always a great night. Bone!! holds his residency with Re:Mission Entertainment, one of the leading industrial/darkwave music promotion groups in North America and Higher Level Industries, Oklahoma's legendary drum n' bass crew. Bone!! has opened for such acts like Stromkern, Slick Idiot, Leiahdorus, Voltaire, Abel Gein, Armageddon Dildos and MC Chris. Bone!! is also the resident DJ for Nicole Moan's Ceramic Corset Shows and fetish balls as well as having multiple Battle/Tag Sets with End: The DJ. Holding residencies at venues such as Oklahoma City's legendary Wreck Room, Lit, Sidecar Cocktail Lounge, The Park and Tulsa's Assimilation, Bone!! always leaves the dance floor exhausted, hurting and wanting more.... |
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As Resident DJ of Tulsa's goth night Assimilation, DJ DeathJest brings the hardest beats this side of the Mississipi to Ravenwood Festival before Friday night's live acts. DeahJest has been playing events in Oklahoma for years. If you've ever frequented an underground dance party featuring Industrial dance music - you've likely heard this man behind the decks. Be prepared to dance hard. |
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DJ Azrael grew up in Chicago, IL and was introduced to the Chicago RAVE scene by age 14 which also happens to be the year he began his DJ career. Originally DJing Vinyl, he focused on Drum and Bass, Happy Hardcore, Jungle, and Chicago House. Azrael spun at Raves and Clubs around the Chicagoland and the tri-state area (IL, WI and IN) for 7 years. Notable clubs included The Vision Night Club, Zero Gravity, and Nocturna, and a few notable Raves are Bonkers 1, Bonkers 2, Stardust, and others. In July of 2004 he sold off his vinyl and equipment and moved to Fayetteville, AR for school. Shortly after settling in Arkansas, he helped create and promote a small goth scene at The Dart Room with only a boombox and a few friends, which would eventually include End: The DJ. Thus The Dark Room was born, and this is when Azrael transitioned from Vinyl to CD/MP3 music due to cost and availability, and began to DJ more extensive music genres, including DnB, Happy Hardcore, House, Techno, Trance, Jungle, Gothic, Industrial, EBM, Psytrance, Psychedelic, and almost everything else! Now he enjoys being able to bring a wide array of danceable music for the whole crowd to enjoy. He has also been involved with a few Raves, Festivals and Industrial Nights in Arkansas, including: Soulstice '06-'08, Earthtones '08, The Dark Room 2004-2008, Neo Victoria 2009-present, Ravenwood 2008-present, and others in the surrounding states. |
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The man behind Ravenwood Festival is DJ Infam0us. Dj Infam0us is originally from Fayetteville Arkansas, but has performed in dance clubs and conventions all over the midwest. He is Tokyo in Tulsa's very own resident Dj and coordinator of much fun. Infam0us Also coordinates a monthly event known as "Neo Victorian" in Fayetteville. If he's not behind the decks you'll likely see him on the dance floor. |
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| Herbert Originals Vintage Portraits $20 Personalization and Instant Color Prints Available check http://myspace.com/herbertoriginals for exclusive Ravenwood Festival Pricing http://herbertoriginals.etsy.com/ ~ Ravenwood Exclusive Buy One Get One Free herbertoriginals@hotmail.com |
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| Custom Cranium SNUFF STUFFIES Custom Cranium / Skullyhead Productions is the genius behind the new SNUFF STUFFIES. These unique animals come from recycled pasts and parts with REAL skulls and none of them can ever be exactly duplicated. Sometimes creepy, never mundane, and always interesting. Specialty work is done with skulls and bones or other natural animal material, and most of my work is custom. What I have is all examples of what I CAN do, in other colors, types of skull or design. What I have for sale might not be around for long, but I can create something similar for you. Just ask. |
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Mobley Games™ produces Steamline Gear™ - Steampunk accessories, jewelry and props for clubwear fashion and photoshoots. Products include jewelry, goggles, wings and other accessories ranging anywhere from $30 - $300.00. Recently, Mobley Games has supplied accessories such as steampasties and steampanties for use by the fetish, burlesque and alternative community. Models that have worn Mobley Game's Steamline include Angela Ryan and Araphel of Steamline Gear™ products have been seen in alongside Lip Service at the Brass Ball fashion show at the world famous Lizard Lounge in Dallas, Texas and are being featured with the clothing designs of Luscious Eve at the Steampunk Fashion Show at DragonCON 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. Payments must be in Cash or via Paypal. |
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Luscious Eve™, owned by celebrated fashion designer Sarah Davis of Vancouver, B.C., produces high quality, medium cost fashion for the steampunk community with a focus on classic Victorian reproduction influenced by modern couture with a whimsical twist. Her designs have won the Technical Proficiency Award from the University of Fraser Valley in Fashion Design and she has been featured on Vancouver Fashion Ezine. She will have Bustles, Bustle Pillows, Shirts, Under Garments, Pants and Corsets available for sale and will also be taking custom orders based on those designs. Payments must be in Cash or via Paypal. |
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| Michelle McDonald Vintage Clothing Vintage attire rented and sold from the heart of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. |
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| Peter Bradley of Ravenchilde Illustrations. |
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| Jewelry by Eleanor Evans of El's Bells. |
| Eden Martin of Dead Earth studios designed this year's flier. |
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Presale tickets are SOLD OUT! Tickets will be available at the door until further notice! Presale Ticket Holders: The cardholder will have to present ID at the door for entry. Brass key members will be contacted directly to receive their Brass Key Member Badges, and information regarding all perks and privileges. |
| Thank you for visiting the Ravenwood Festival page. This festival is based in the Ozark Mountains of North West Arkansas. Presale tickets are available NOW! Click here to get your tickets today!!! The theme this year is Neo-Victorian Cabaret. We have a few big names in both our Bands and DJ lineups, as well as some Special Appearance Cameos by some interesting folk. We have an awesome Venue, and pre-registration Tickets are already available. Use the Link Bar above for more information! Submissions for performing acts are now closed, and the line up is posted here and on the festival MySpace. If you're a MySpace member, Subscribe to the Festival Blog!!! |